India temple stampede in Madhya Pradesh 'kills 91'

Some 91 pilgrims, mostly women and children, have been killed in a stampede at a Hindu festival in central India, local officials have said.

Many were crushed after panic broke out on a bridge near the Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh state.

Others died when they jumped from the bridge.

Nitin Srivastava reports from Delhi.

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